We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

A stirring look at nonviolent activism, from American suffragists to Civil Rights to the Climate Change Movement

We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements as well as people such as Gandhi, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and V clav Havel, this book discusses the components of nonviolent resistance. It answers the question "Why nonviolence?" by showing how nonviolent movements have succeeded again and again in a variety of ways, in all sorts of places, and always in the face of overwhelming odds. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.


Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/07/2020
Pages: 320
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781419741111
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.6
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 510516 / We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/06/2020
School Library Journal 02/01/2020 pg. 91
Booklist 02/01/2020 pg. 35
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2020
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2020

About the Author
Todd Hasak-Lowy is the author of several books for young readers. He is a professor of creative writing and literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hasak-Lowy lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife and two daughters. Visit toddhasaklowy.com.